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Hacker News Trends, Show HN & Startups Hiring Scraper

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Hacker News Trends, Show HN & Startups Hiring Scraper

Hacker News Trends, Show HN & Startups Hiring Scraper

Scrape Hacker News top tech stories, Show HN product launches, YC startup hiring posts, points, and discussion comment counts.

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from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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Fast, real-time scraper for Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) via the official Firebase API.

Features

  • Multiple Categories: Top Stories, Best Stories, Show HN (new AI & tech tool launches), Job Stories (YC startup hiring posts), and Ask HN (community debates).
  • Engagement Metrics: Extracts points/scores, author, comment counts, article URLs, and discussion permalinks.
  • Zero Rate Limits: 100% stable execution powered by the official Firebase REST backend without browser emulation delays.
  • Ideal for LLM & Market Analysis: Perfect for tracking developer sentiment, tech trends, and finding AI projects.

Output Schema

  • id: Unique story ID
  • title: Post title
  • url: Direct link to external article/project
  • hnUrl: Direct discussion link on Hacker News
  • score: Upvote points
  • by: Submitter username
  • commentsCount: Total number of discussion comments
  • time: Publication timestamp in ISO format
  • category: Category feed
  • type: Item type (story, job, poll)
  • scrapedAt: Scrape timestamp

Pricing

Pay-per-result model ($0.001 per extracted story).